30,000 KILLED IN MASSACRES; Conservative Estimate of Victims of Turkish Fanaticism in Adana Vilayet. DEADLY WORK CONTINUES Tribesmen Besiege Towns and March on Others -- Messengers to American Women Slain. CLASH FEARED AT BEIRUT Druses Gather to Avenge Murder of Deputy and Mohammedans Prepare to Oppose Them.

BEIRUT, Asiatic Turkey, April 24. -- A conservative estimate now places the number killed in the Armenian massacres in Adana vilayet at from 20,000 to 30,000. Help is needed everywhere along the coast.

April 25, 1909

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